Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Louis-Hébert. He raised a matter that is close to my heart: the importance of developing resource regions.
Early in the process of colonization, when Canada developed its coast-to-coast railway, the resource regions were not heavily populated. This engine of development was nevertheless put in place in order to promote progress nationwide.
In Gaspé, for example, where I was born, the freight train between Gaspé and Chandler has been removed, depriving small and medium-sized businesses of the development opportunities to which they are entitled.
Does the member for Louis-Hébert want bulk shipping to reach Canada’s remote regions?